Margaret Prior

Margaret Prior
Born	Margaret Barrett 1773 Fredericksburg, Colony of Virginia, British America
Died	April 7, 1842 (aged 68-69) New York City, U.S.
Occupation	humanitarian urban missionary moral reform worker writer school founder
Language	English
Spouse	William Allen ​ ​ (m. 1879; died 1808)​ William Prior ​ ​ (m. 1814; died 1829)​

Margaret Prior (née, Barrett; after first marriage, Allen; after second marriage, Prior; 1773 – April 7, 1842) was an American humanitarian, urban missionary, moral reform worker, and writer who established a school and a soup kitchen in New York City. She was well known in New York City as one of the most successful laborers in the cause of moral reform, between the years 1835 and 1845.^[1] Prior was one of the originators of the American Female Moral Reform Society. She was, for a number of years, one of its managers, and was for five years in its employment as a missionary in New York City. The reports of her visits were published posthumously in Walks of usefulness, or, Reminiscences of Mrs. Margaret Prior, in 1851.^[2]